Example sentences of "[vb past] make it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles tried to make it down the stairs with his eyes closed to allay the pain . |
| 2 | By some miracle , the 2CV had n't been towed away when I 'd finally dragged Ash out ; we 'd made it to the M1 , picked up a hitcher and — rather beyond the call of duty , I 'd have said — dropped him where he was going , in Coventry . |
| 3 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
| 5 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 6 | A derelict piece of land nearby was due for development , but the residents decided to make it into a garden . |
| 7 | We did make it to a boozer afterwards , though , and we all agreed it was worth making a note of for future reference . |
| 8 | He never did make it to the Academie , but being made international president of PEN , following Francis King , mattered a lot to him . |
| 9 | I did make it to the LSE eventually and , a dozen love affairs and three broken engagements later , into marriage . |
| 10 | Bernier , in his role as imperial surgeon , did make it into the zenana complex , but was not much the wiser afterwards : |
| 11 | Joseph had made it through the gate , but was cornered by the populace in an alley . |
| 12 | Demonstrating what a simple change at the top can achieve , Compaq Computer Corp , which had sales of $3,200m last year and had been heading back towards the $2,000m mark under the previous regime , last week announced that it had made it through the $4,000m sales barrier for 1992 , with profits up 34% in the most recent quarter . |
| 13 | Her dress had been made by a local dressmaker who had made it with a deep frill of black satin round the neck . |
| 14 | This was the street along which she had run , a skinny and excited ten-year-old , to boast to her father that she was the only girl who had made it to the next round of the chess competition . |
| 15 | He sat on the top of the large expanse of teak desk and stared coldly at the men who had made it to the top of one of the biggest corporations in the world , employing nearly one million people . |
| 16 | Nineteen of us had made it to the end . |
| 17 | ‘ You were lucky to make it to the lav , ’ observed Lydia , meaning that she was very grateful that Betty had made it to the lav , since one of the rules is that the afflicted person does not mop up her own vomit and Lydia was absolutely no good at doing this . |
| 18 | I had made it to the door of my flat . |
| 19 | Ironically , 25-year-old Josephine had made it as a TV star when Craig was a pipe layer dreaming of fame . |
| 20 | Not only had he made a unique and convulsing impact on this generous but hard-headed man , he had made it as an actor . |
| 21 | Malpass had made it across the street , about eighty feet or so in front of Armstrong . |
| 22 | Her exit caused him more concern than if she had made it in the blaze of anger similar to that with which she had first confronted him . |
| 23 | She only had to make it to the airlock , seal the inner door behind her and wait … . |
| 24 | They wanted to make it into a special dress but it would not come right . |
| 25 | Swire intended to make it into a top-class regional airline serving cities in the East and Australia . |